Anikat with her lovie-loves. The lineart for this is about 4 years old now, as is some of the colouring. Background and about half the colours have just been slapped on today in order to get it 'finished'. It's too fond an image to just get lost in the dark depths of my 'WiP' folder.

When I drew this, it was supposed to go with the quote 'Unlike you, my coffee isn't as black as my soul. It's got cream in it and it tastes kind of nutty.' which I 'stole' from the webcomic Mixed Myth [link] Anikat was originally snuggling up to some imaginary goth beau (I underline imaginary here, he/she/it was based on absolutely nobody. I just needed a counterpoint to Anikat), but now, she's with a girl (slightly taller than her real-life counterpart) who I have lovingly dubbed 'Muffin'. Changed the lineart as much as I could without it losing its original pencil scribblies.

It was also intended as an experiment with colouring and lineart. The picture was doodled in the back of one of my sketchbooks and scanned in, then slapped on top of everything else as a 'multiply' layer. I tried to keep as much of the original scribbly lineart as possible, and coloured underneath it.